Be careful planting these (or having them in the home) if you or your neighbors have cats. This plant is extremely toxic and can cause kidney failure!
They look great tho outside of this PSA.
Outdoor cats (any animal) at wild are illegal outdoors in my city, so that’s more the owners issue here, but great PSA, we will definitely have to be careful if we cut them and bring them in the house though, we have indoor cats. I always try to wash my hands after handling the bulbs/blooms.
Edit, the person has reiterated their stance multiple times while claiming their point is about the plant inside….
To quote another comment of theirs.
I guess I was trying to point that if you care about the cats in your neighborhood maybe you forego the pretty flower.
Quit telling people what to plant in their yards dude, if you can’t control your animals that’s on you, if you ask your neighbor to not plant a flower because your cat constantly escapes, they would laugh at you. This is exactly what you did in your comment and reiterated multiple times. It wasn’t about it being inside.
I would argue you shouldn’t even bring them inside. The amounts necessary for toxicity are insanely low…like a bit of pollen, a small clipping of the leaves or stems, a small puddle of water left behind from rinsing; all of these are potentially toxic to your kitties.
Also side note, illegal or not, cats get out / get lost. Its a bit callous to hold the cats in your neighborhood up to standards of the “law” and careless owners / accidental runaways.
I think that’s a little alarmist to be honest, not all cats are allergic to Lilies, so to just blanket ban them is over the top, train your pets as well, it is a thing.
I have never had a single one of my cats get out in 2 decades, if you want to be careless that’s your fault, the general public isn’t going to go out of their to avoid planting stuff so muffins you constantly somehow let out doesn’t eat them. There’s also ways to address constant runaways, get a shock collar.
I’m sorry, take a little personal accountability for your pets and how you let them out, or do what a good pet owner should do, and fix the problem. Your PSA went from cute PSA to borderline propaganda real fast. Yeesh growmie.
The real PSA is outdoors cats are menace to nature and if you can’t keep them inside because you’re frankly a horrible pet owner, they deserve what happens. I’ll trap them if they come on my property, but the coyotes and bears will get them first before some flowers…. Don’t be an irresponsible pet owner, keep muffins inside, there is ZERO excuse, full stop.
I have these too, I call them my zombie lilies. Mine are already done blooming tho :(
These are gorgeous! Beautiful colors, and it looks like a lot more to come! ❤️
Alright folks. Let’s take a breather. Locking this post. I’ve had more reports on this post than we’ve ever had in the subs history.
Things can get heated, but remember we’re all here for the love of gardening. Text can be misunderstood with the lack of nonverbal cues. Going forward let’s give each other the benefit of the doubt.
Hemerocallis for anyone interested in them
I believe they are oriental Lilies, planted an assortment of oriental and asiatic iirc.
If they don’t smell and tend to stay a lot shorter, they’re more likely to be the asiatics. If they grow a lot taller and have a smell (that I personally love), they’re probably the oriental type.
Trumpet and daylilies (along with lily of the valley, calla lily, toad lily, easter lily, turk’s cap, and several others, are a lot easier to tell apart based on looks, but the Asiatic and Oriental types always confuse me until I smell them!
Some references (which, I have to use something as reference every year):
- https://bygl.osu.edu/node/1096
- https://worldoffloweringplants.com/difference-asiatic-oriental-lilies/
- https://www.thespruce.com/asiatic-lily-care-guide-7510540 (which is where I get reminded “Unlike Oriental lilies, which bloom in late summer and are known for their aroma, Asiatic lilies bloom in late spring or early summer and have little to no scent.”)
Thanks still learning, I even googled it before commenting and STILL fucked it up… uggh hahah. They are a foot tall, the others are 3-4 feet and haven’t started forming full bulbs yet. Made a post a few days ago.
Great comment growmie!
